Marching Mizzou
Marching band for the University of Missouri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marching Mizzou, M2, or The Big 'M' of the Midwest is the performing marching band for the University of Missouri, founded in 1885 as a college military band. Originally consisting of only 12 members, it is now the largest student organization on the MU campus, drawing students from nearly every major. Marching Mizzou performs at all home football games of the Missouri Tigers football team, in addition to other university events; and expanded Mini Mizzou travels to two away games per season, while the entire band regularly follows the team to conference championship games and bowl games. Marching Mizzou's signature drill "Flip Tigers" has been a well-known tradition of its pre-game show since 1960. It is instructed by University of Missouri School of Music faculty.
Marching Mizzou | |
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School | University of Missouri |
Location | Columbia, Missouri |
Conference | SEC |
Founded | 1885; 139 years ago (1885) |
Director | Amy M. Knopps |
Assistant Directors | Christian Noon and Peter Zambito |
Members | 350 |
Fight song | "Every True Son" and "Fight Tiger" |
Uniform | |
Website | music |